Cassette tapes are near extinction, considering CDs, DVDs, Blue Ray and other innovative disk coming along. And the following skeleton is one wacky creation for this statement. The creation belongs to Brian Dettmer, I guy famous for altering common media such as old books, maps, record albums, and cassette tapes and transforming them into works of art. The following skeleton is currently on display at the International Museum of Surgical Science.

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[…] This post at the Wacky Archives has a bunch of photos of this fantastic sculpture by artist Brian Dettmer. I don’t know too much about the piece, except that it’s (obviously) made from melted cassette tapes from the 80’s, and that it’s very, very cool. […]

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[…] Skelett aus alten Tapes Cassette tapes are near extinction, considering CDs, DVDs, Blue Ray and other innovative disk coming along. And the following skeleton is one wacky creation for this statement. The creation belongs to Brian Dettmer, I guy famous for altering common media such as old books, maps, record albums, and cassette tapes and transforming them into works of art. The following skeleton is currently on display at the International Museum of Surgical Science. (Wacky Archives) […]

[…] Brian Dettmer has no such problem. The artist who gave us Book Autopsies a while back has now created these skeleton pieces from old cassettes. I particularly like the skull with Motley Crue’s “Shout at the Devil” for a jaw – seems apt. The skeleton is currently on display at the International Museum of Surgical Science. More photos here […]

While the pieces are stunning and unique… have you ever heard of dioxin? As in that really horrible, bio accumulating, birth defect causing by product of applying high heat to plastic?
Cool but not very responsible.

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Pragya. You could make a book out of all the melted down plastic and create a book, an easy to read one of course that teaches you how to spell. Please don’t be a lazy writer. It makes you look stupid and pathetic.
And no it is not photoshopped.

Posted by Emily | April 23rd, 2009 3:02 am

Run on sentence much? Some grammar king, can’t even form a coherent insult.

Cool skeleton, what did you do with all the tape?

Posted by Jono | April 24th, 2009 9:14 am

WHAT A FUCKING WAAAASSSSSSTTTTTEEEEE

Posted by mcgrimus | April 27th, 2009 9:28 pm

This thing was not made by Man. It rose up from out of the hot vinyl seats of my friends ’78 Monte Carlo.